Fuel Price Hike
2 Jan
A social-political activist, Aisha Yusuf, has lambasted former President, Muhammadu Buhari.Buhari, who is now resting at his hometown of Daura, in Katsina State, was caught in a viral video addressing a gathering, jokingly...
29 Jul 2023
The Nigeria International Non-Governmental Organization Forum and the Civil Society Networks in Nigeria with the support from Development Research and Projects Centre (DRPC), have called on the federal government to reverse recent increase in fuel price and expedite actions in introducing palliative measures to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal.
29 Jul 2023
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has lamented the unseriousness of the Federal Government towards the creation of frameworks to cushion the impact of hike in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS).
24 Jul 2023
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has expressed concern over the unprecedented hikes in fuel prices, alarming inflation in the country and the prevailing hardships faced by Nigerians. It therefore urged the federal government to take immediate steps to address the situation.
20 Jul 2023
Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has slammed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the fresh fuel price hike, adding that it lacked constitutional powers to fix the prices of petrol.
19 Jul 2023
Less than 24 hours after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released data about the June inflation, which rose to its highest in close to two decades, marketers of the premium motor spirit (PMS), yesterday, jerked up the price by about 25 per cent to N617 per litre without notice, throwing millions of Nigerians into panic
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